If I Stopped Haunting You

by Colby Wilkens

“Fuck,” he cursed. “You don’t think we’ll be the first to go if we have sex in a haunted castle?” “What in the world convinced you that saying that out loud was a good idea?” “Think about it, every horror movie ever has the couple dying when they’re trying to, you know…” He mimicked thrusting and Pen covered her mouth and nose, snorting. “Listen,” she said, still laughing as she smoothed her hands over his face and scraped her nails through his light stubble, “if having sex right here, right now is our downfall, then I’ll take it. I can imagine

the headlines: Very Attractive Native Couple Found Dead with Their Pants Around Their Ankles in Haunted Castle. Did They Fuck Each Other to Death, or Was It Foul Play?”